Best Golf Courses in Austria (2026)

The best golf courses in Austria (2026)

Find the top golf courses in Austria, with rankings based on verified golfer reviews. Austria has over 150 courses in the Alpine provinces, where altitude changes ball flight, peaks define every horizon and the setting makes a round an experience well beyond the scorecard.Read more

Based on 207 verified reviews

Everything about the top golf courses in Austria

The best golf courses in Austria deliver an experience that has no direct equivalent in European golf: championship-calibre parkland and mountain layouts set in Alpine landscapes of a scale and beauty that makes the round itself feel like only part of what the destination offers. Golfers who arrive expecting a secondary experience typically leave with their opinions substantially revised. Golf and Country Club Schloss Fuschl leads this list as the course most consistently placed at the summit of Austrian golf. Its setting on the Fuschlsee in the Salzkammergut lake district, with fairways running through mature forest between the lake and the surrounding Alpine ridges, produces an environment that resort courses in flatter environments spend enormous engineering resources trying to simulate. Golf Club Gut Altentann provides the professional tournament credential. Its hosting of the Austrian Open and its parkland design on a mature Salzburg estate make it the course that most directly connects Austrian golf to the professional game. The Tyrolean Alpine courses handle a dimension of Austrian golf that has no equivalent elsewhere in Europe. Golf Club Kitzbühel and Golf Club Seefeld-Wildmoos at altitude above Innsbruck deliver mountain golf character that no other European destination can match: ball flight at altitude, mountain peaks on every horizon and the resort infrastructure of world-class ski towns. Golf Club Dellach on the Wörthersee in Carinthia rounds out a list that communicates Austria's geographic spread honestly. The Salzburg lake district, the Tyrolean valleys and the Carinthian lake resorts each produce a different kind of golf experience, and a serious Austrian golf trip can absorb a week without repeating a character or a landscape.

How we rank the best 18-hole golf clubs in Austria

This ranking of the best 18-hole golf clubs in Austria is based on the overall score from verified golfer reviews and represents the total experience at a club. The ranking is calculated by aggregating scores across all categories, including course design, maintenance, hospitality, facilities, surroundings, and value for money. To be included in this list, a club must have a sufficient number of reviews to ensure a reliable and representative average.

How we rank the best golf courses in Austria (Course Only)

This ranking isolates the quality of the playing surface from the rest of the club's amenities in Austria. While our "Golf Club" rankings include factors like the clubhouse and hospitality, this "Course Only" list focuses exclusively on the architectural layout, hole variety, and turf conditions. It identifies the best-rated golf courses in Austria for players who prioritize the technical challenge and design of the course above all else.